Brief Life History of William D
When William D Anderson was born on 11 December 1841, in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, William J Anderson, was 29 and his mother, Jannet Anderson, was 35. He lived in Tradeston, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851.
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- William Anderson in household of William Anderson, "Scotland Census, 1851"
- New York City. Passenger Lists May 8, 1855–May 31, 1855 (image 470)
- Milo Andrus Company (1855)
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World Events (3)
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1843 · The Disruption in the Church of Scotland
The Disruption of 1843 was a division within the Church of Scotland, which 474 evangelical ministers of the Church broke away from the Church to form the Free Church of Scotland. They didn’t reject the principles of the Church of Scotland but were trying to establish a purer version of the Church without the King or Parliament being its head. It had huge effects not only within the Church of Scotland, but also with Scottish civic life.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern English: patronymic from the personal name Ander(s), a northern Middle English form of Andrew , + son ‘son’. The frequency of the surname in Scotland is attributable, at least in part, to the fact that Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, so the personal name has long enjoyed great popularity there. Legend has it that the saint's relics were taken to Scotland in the 4th century by a certain Saint Regulus. In North America, this surname has absorbed many cognate or like-sounding surnames in other languages, notably Scandinavian (see 3 and 4 below), but also Ukrainian Andreychenko etc.
German: patronymic from the personal name Anders , hence a cognate of 1 above.
Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Andersson , a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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